Tennessee fans embarrass themselves following tweet regarding Vols' interest in elite high school prospect
If you ever find yourself with your phone in your hands about to tweet something negative at a recruit, stop, reconsider your life, and delete that tweet.
A few Tennessee fans forgot that simple rule recently, when Tennessee’s 247Sports site tweeted that the school was giving 3-star 2020 OC Cooper Mays a lot of attention.
Mays, the younger brother of 2018 5-star OL Cade Mays, received a lot of negative feedback from the tweet. Cade, obviously, went to Georgia, spurning the school that his father played at under Phillip Fulmer:
Local OL, #Tennessee legacy @CooperMays getting attention from #Vols: (VIP) https://t.co/iKYFZn9wjQ via @GoVols247 pic.twitter.com/TPRdZrgfII
— Ryan Callahan (@RyanCallahan247) December 7, 2018
Per the 247Sports composite, Cooper Mays is the No. 5 center in the class of 2020 and the No. 20 overall recruit from the state of Tennessee.
The responses to the tweet were not a good look for Vol Nation, though it’s important to note that this seemingly is only a small portion of the fanbase:
Maybe the Dawgs could use him… pic.twitter.com/TEZRgjC5IJ
— 💀The_Punisher💀 (@punishment4real) December 7, 2018
Oh yeah for sure
— Cooper Mays (@CooperMays) December 7, 2018
— Big Daddy Vol (@daddy_vol) December 7, 2018
If he’s anything like his brother we don’t want him
— Drake Hickman (@HickmanDrake) December 7, 2018
— 🦅🇺🇸Vol Force One🍊🍊🚁 (@michael_parmley) December 7, 2018
Pretty sure his brother burned that legacy line
— Ryan Jennings (@Utrocky) December 8, 2018
No thanks
— Tyler West (@Brotylerwest) December 7, 2018
Mays is sure to have plenty of big-name schools that would love to have him, so we’ll see if this negative reaction from the Vols influences his decision. Perhaps he’ll join his brother at Georgia instead — Kirby Smart would be excited to have another Mays along the offensive line.